DeSantis WIMPS Out On Condemning Trump For January 6

an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Obviously, Ron DeSantis knows what we all know, that there was not a peaceful transfer of power, and how do we know that, even though we weren't there ourselves in Washington DC at the time, I don't know, maybe because there's a lot of documentation of it, including this. So now that we got that out of the

way, let's watch DeSantis' statements in full context. Do you believe that Trump violated the peaceful transfer of power? A key principle that of American democracy that we must uphold. Are you in high school? Yeah. Where do you go to school? You go around here? For Mont-Bierlevin New Hampshire. Oh, okay. So you run for Ron. Well, thank you for the question. So here's what I know. If

this election is about Biden's failures and our vision for the future, we are going to win. If it's about relitigating things that happened two, three years ago, we're going to lose. And so I can tell you this. I can point you to Tallahassee, Florida, on I believe January 5th, 2023. We had a transition of power from my first administration to my second, because I won reelection

in a historic fashion. And at the end of the day, we need to win and we need to get this done. So I wasn't anywhere near Washington that day. I have nothing to do with what happened that day. Obviously, I didn't enjoy seeing what would happen. But we've got to go forward on this stuff. We cannot be looking backwards and be mired in the past. Yes.

Ladies and gentlemen, get that soft churned butter ready because DeSantis is toast. I mean, this guy is so pathetic. Absolutely, pathetic. I'll tell you the core of it. Look, it's easy to focus on. I was in Washington, but because you don't have eyes and you can't tell what happened on that tape, etc. But that's not the main thing. The main thing is, he gives political answers

that are rehearsed. He talks to his consultants behind the scenes about how do we frame this? How do I say it in a way that doesn't upset Maga? But that still makes our case. All right, we're going to make our case by saying, although like insurrections are kind of, they're a little awkward, little uncomfortable, but like, hey, I'm not blaming you guys. That was a wonderful,

great job, etc. And some people say. But we want to focus on winning, we want to focus on the future. These are buzzwords that your consultants go through with you, right? But what happens at the end of that process is you look like a plastic robot. 100% and that was a, and look, in the context of robot politicians being obsessed with framing things and like these,

like honestly, snake-like ways. That was clunky as hell. Yeah, but they're all clunky. That's why, I mean, you watch Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, they're all a disaster. They're all Ken and Barbie dolls. And by the way, that's why they were pulling and voters picked Trump in the first place all the way back in 2016, because they were tired of the phonies. And they're both

parties are filled to the room with phonies. The Democrats might have even more phonies. And whether you like some of their policies or not, all those politicians on Democratic side are like, I am giving you the talking points. My corporate donors and consultants gave me, right? And people are vomiting and they hate it, right? So that's why I keep saying I think the only other guy

who has a chance at the Republican side is Chris Christie, because he doesn't sound like a robot. He sounds like a real person. And he's willing to piss off Maga. So that's a huge detriment in the beginning. But by the end, my theory is he'll earn their respect by not being a phony. I'm interested to see how that plays out, because Chris Christie right now seems

to be dead last in the polling. And he's continuing to attack Trump very aggressively. He does not pull back any punches. And so if things continue the way they're going and Christie remains dead last, it will reinforce the notion that these Republican candidates challenging Trump should avoid attacking Trump and upsetting the Maga base. But we'll see how it all plays out. I'm really curious to see

if you're correct. Yeah, look, I honestly have a pretty good track record on this. When Bill De Blasio was in fourth place, when he was first running for mayor of New York, I said, I think he's going to win. Because it's about, and I thought Trump was going to win in 2016. I thought Bernie was going to make a historic run. Why? Because it isn't about

where you are in the polling today. It's about the fundamentals. Are you doing things right? Or are you doing things wrong? And so when everybody was saying Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush was going to win in 2016, I sensed that the Republicans were even more populous than the Democrats were. The voters themselves, right? So when Marco Rubio comes in like this, they're like no interest, no

interest. That's why everyone on TV loved them, because they loved phonies, because they're phonies. And that's why all the voters hated them. And so that bottom line is when they see Ron De Santas doing this, it's not going to work, man. And remember, Trump might actually get knocked out by the indictments. I mean, these trials are going to be no joke, right? And if he gets

knocked out, then Christie's going to make a huge run on De Santas. I have a feeling De Santas is just trying to keep his powder dry and avoid upsetting the MAGA base with the hope that Trump does end up getting convicted in the classified documents. No, no, no, it's not a hope and it's not a possibility. That's definitely a strategy. Okay, but how long are you

going to keep your powder dry? Listen, we've done that drug De Santas. Okay, we've been on that drug and I will tell you it is not a good drug to be on you. It will be a disappointment. If you have full faith in our justice system when it comes to prosecuting potential criminals like Donald Trump. Well, that's point number one and point number two is the

Democratic party slogan might as well be keep our powder dry. And how has that worked out for us? We lose to buffoons like Trump because all you do is you'll always keep your powder dry. Nobody ever finds out your own position. And you never make a strong case for yourself and other side wins. And let me just remind you all that while De Santas seems to

shiver anytime anyone asks him about Donald Trump because he wants to avoid attacking him. Trump does not pull back punches himself. I just want to give you one of my favorite examples, which was Trump attacking De Santas over his eating habit. Let's watch. This is responsible for the content of this advertising. That is a perfect political ad. Look, as much as I dislike Donald Trump, that

ad attacking Ron De Santas was perfect because it evokes disgust with that guy putting his f- it makes me nauseous. Just watch it. Please stop doing it. And then on top of that, there's the substantive point and economic populist point in regard to De Santas wanting to gut social security. So it was well done. I'm just going to keep it real with you all. That was

a great ad. And by the way, so disgust is the number one thing that triggers conservative mind, even more so than fear. So that whoever's doing that ad for Trump hit it exactly right. Number two is show strength. I'm going to punch you in a mouth and see how you like it. And Democratic voters, a lot of them don't like that. They're like, no, NPR says

don't punch your opponents. Make sweet love to them, right? But Republicans love punching their opponents in the face. So they're going to like that. And then the last part of it is, look guys, if you're listening to someone in mainstream media, they have a 90% chance of being wrong. Because people in mainstream media look at that and go, that is not a professional ad. That, you

know, that tististics, that is uncivil, it's weird. Why do they have that imagery? It doesn't talk about any of the substantive issues that the New York Times is talking about, etc. No, they have no connection to actual human beings. Because people in corporate media haven't hung out with a regular person in decades. So they just cannot sense where the population is. So in terms of just

sheer politics, Trump is way, way, way better than the Santas. Trump's problem is that he's a lifelong criminal, a complete con man. And if you're a pathological liar, so those are like the fact that he has overcome those to already be president once and is leading by 20 to 30 points currently in the Republican primary, shows you how good a politician he is. Yeah, it's pretty

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